I'm a half-Kiwi half-Norwegian who was born in Austria. I spent my childhood in the Middle East (Jordan, Syria, Palestine and Israel) before moving to New Zealand. I can most frequently be found in Wellington, New Zealand's windy creative capital city. I studied Theatre and English literature at university and now I am co-director of my company The Renegade Peach Project, a media company focusing on videography. www.renegadepeach.com
I'm friendly, passionate, and thoroughly enjoy laughing. I try not to be a cynical asshole, though it's very tempting.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy people. Every person has a story to tell, a skill to teach, wisdom to impart or a laugh to share. Also, I'm a self-employed free lancer - I can appreciate when other travellers need to ask for a couch to crash on!

Interests

I love to travel, create with my hands, film, swim, work with pre-school kids, and I enjoy dancing, red wine, going to gigs, reading, cooking, and geeking out on good design.

Secret(ish) pleasures include picking flowers, researching future tattoos designs and making my grandmother's salad dressing.

• literature
• design
• tattoos
• dancing
• cooking
• wine
• red wine
• flowers
• reading
• traveling
• scuba diving
• swimming
• communications

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC \\ LIVE music! Bjork, Erykah Badu, Radiohead, Nina Simone, St Vincent, Bombino, Flavia Coelho, David Bowie, The Beatles, The Shocking & Stunning, Alt-J, Grizzly Bear, Bosnian Rainbows, Waterfalls, Tiny Ruins, The All Seeing Hand, The Kills, Tom Waits, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Electric Wire Hustle, PJ Harvey, The Phoenix Foundation, Blur, Portishead, Orchestra of Spheres, FKA Twigs, Allah-Las, Daedelus, Liam Finn, Astronautilus, Janelle Monae, Louis Armstrong, Chet Baker, The Flaming Lips, Snowmine, So So Modern, Billie Holiday, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes, Janis Joplin, Wanda Jackson, Ali Farke Tour, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Beyonce, Rage Against The Machine, Julian Casablancas, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Cure, The Smiths, Fiona Apple, Bloc Party, MIA, Santogold, Thom Yorke, Simon & Garfunkel, and so on.

BOOKS \\ A lot of Indian and American contemporary fiction, Salman Rushdie, Jeanette Winterson, Rumi, Khalil Gibran, non-fiction history, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, John Pilger. 'Middlesex', 'Fear and Loathing', 'Sputnik Sweetheart', 'The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy', 'Nineteen Eighty four', 'The Shipping News', 'Miss Smilla's Sense of Snow'...

FILMS \\ 'Submarine', 'Mood Indigo', 'Holy Motors', 'The Darjeeling Ltd', 'Life is Beautiful', 'The Science of Sleep', 'Brazil', 'Fight Club', 'Amelie', 'Delicatessen', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', Star Wars, 'The Princess Bride', 'Labyrinth', 'Vertigo', most things Studio Ghibli.
TV \\ Louis CK, Treme, True Detective, Portlandia, Firefly, The Wire, The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Archer, Black Adder, Monty Python, The Mighty Boosh, Noel Fielding's Luxury Comedy, Community...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travelling: A night scuba dive in Aqaba, the Red Sea, or swimming with humpback whales in Tonga...
Personally: I performed on the Globe Theatre in London.
Yup, that's three.

What I Can Share with Hosts

It'd be great to share a laugh, a meal, and exchange travel stories + recommendations.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Cambodia, Canada, Cyprus, Egypt, England, Estonia, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Palestine, Poland, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, Tonga, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

Austria, Israel, Jordan, New Zealand, Palestine, Syrian Arab Republic